Jaunted

For the pretty, well-connected, famous, and/or exorbitantly wealthy people: Spike Lee, Sarah Jessica Parker and Oprah are expected to attend a ball honoring The Washington Post’s African-American issues website, The Root, on Sunday.

Monday pits a who’s who of hip hop—Russell Simmons, Mos Def, LL Cool J—at the Hip Hop Action Summit Ball against the tree huggers at Al Gore’s Green Ball. Every celebrity not at one of those balls will be at the Huffington Post’s PreInaugural Ball: Halle Berry, Glenn Close, Kenneth Cole, Diddy, Alan Cumming, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosario Dawson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Fall Out Boy, Diane von Furstenberg, and Tom Hanks. Shall we go on?

Ok, how about Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Shakira, Steven Spielberg, Martha Stewart, Ron Howard, Samuel Jackson, Wyclef Jean, Jon Bon Jovi, Sting, Sharon Stone, Marisa Tomei, Denzel Washington, Will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder?

The official inaugural balls on Tuesday are the only places that our new President is guaranteed to show up, but we find it hard to believe he wouldn’t at least be tempted to catch a glimpse of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier, and the other stars expected to attend the Creative Coalition’s Inaugural Ball at the Harman Center for the Arts.

How do you plan to celebrate the inauguration? Let us know.